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[04/16/14 - 08:33 AM]
Participant Media's Pivot Increases Commitment to Originals with Four New Shows, Eleven Series in Development, New Scripted Drama, Franchise Award Show, Over 300 Hours of Original Programming in 2014
Highlights include "Fortitude," a dark drama series, with psychological and thriller elements, that follows the residents of an Arctic town unlike any other place on Earth.






PRISON EARTH (PIVOT)
DEVELOPMENT HISTORY:
4/16/14
STATUS:
previously in development (2014-2015 season)
DEVELOPMENT STAGE:
script
DESCRIPTION:
(from Pivot's press release, April 2014) "Prison Earth" is a serialized drama set in a Gitmo-like detention facility created to contain Earth's first guests from outer space. A science fiction series with a strong female lead, this story dives into the volatile mix of scientists, soldiers, and aliens that are locked together on this remote base, and the conflicts and choices they face with the fates of two species at stake. Themes of racism, xenophobia and prisoner's rights are presented through the lens of species-ism, forcing us to reexamine what actions are inhumane or intolerable in this context of forced confinement with design and effects by Weta Workshop in New Zealand. Issues: Racial Equality, Immigration, Unlawful Detention
CREW INFORMATION:
· Adam Fratto as EP
· Jonathan Penner as CRTR/EP
· Martin Baynton as EP
· Stacy Title as CRTR/EP
GENRE(S):
· drama
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· FremantleMedia North America
· Pukeko Pictures